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| This one definitely needs some cleaning & TLC, but it types great! |
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| At the family home after our successful typewriter shopping expedition. This corner of the flowerbed, by the way, is exactly where my brother launched me on my first bicycle ride without training wheels, at age 7. |
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| I have a spare SCM case from which I will "borrow" a handle for this Galaxie case. |
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| I really like the paper holder, without rollers! This design works very well. |
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| Any guesses on the "mystery" typewriter, case covered in dust? Not much to go on... ;-) |
Remington from the late 1930s, perhaps?
ReplyDeleteNice Galaxie! What is it like to type on?
Not Remington. 1930s, probably.
DeleteThe Galaxie, as with all Smith-Coronas I've owned and/or tried, types very smoothly and easily, with an even impression. A good combination of "snappy" and lightness. Not quite as easy as my Royals, but very close.
Thank-you, sir. Looks like there's a Fifties Silent Super or Stirling in my future.
DeleteYou are indeed a tease... Is this revenge for my teasing with that Royal, a few months ago?
ReplyDeleteHmmmm Is that a Remington case I see?
Actually, maybe it's a late Thirties Smith-Corona Standard, with a flat top.
ReplyDeleteYou don't often see these Smith-Coronas over in Europe. Rather the opposite. For cleaning the keys, I recommend a cloth and luke-warm water with a drop of dishwashing liquid.
ReplyDeleteNice Galaxie and it has a very nice typeface too. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteI have had several machines with the white dust, mildew or whatever it is on then and I pop them off and clean them in my ultrasonic cleaner.
However, many folks do not have an ultrasonic cleaner. Key tops do not need removed to clean either. Dish washing soap and warm water works fine (it is what I use in the ultrasonic 90% of the time). Then use another cloth dampened with only water to wipe off the soapy detergent. It takes longer, but if you do not have the special pliers to push the key tops back on they can be a pain to get back on properly and the SCM keys of this series I found to be easily mis-aligned when re-installing, and the result is an uneven keyboard.
I cannot tell the size of the case, but I am guessing a Royal. My Signet case looks very similar.
You can't beat those thrift store bargins. As you know, I'm a huge SCM fan. Rock solid typers and most repairable machines on the planet. For mildew on the keys, I use those Lysol disinfectent wipes that come in the round plastic canisters. Clean one key at a time throroughly and in five minutes you'll have squeaky clean keys. I'm guessing Corona Four in the mystery case. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI , of course, have no clue to the mystery case. Might have to call in Indiana jones!
ReplyDeleteThose sixties Galaxie machines are always reliable. I happen to like the gray but that's me. Can't wait to see what's in the box though.
ReplyDeleteThe Classic 12 I gave to Patrick worked amazingly! I can only imagine this Galaxie is in the same class. I am, as always, glad to see you adding some new machines to your collection.
ReplyDeleteFor the mystery machine, I am going to have to guess a Corona 4, perhaps? Can't wait for the post!
I'm just going on a wild guess because I happened to be looking at one earlier but a Royal Quiet Deluxe?
ReplyDeleteI dunno on the mystery machine.
ReplyDeleteThe Galaxie is probably the model I've found most often at thrift stores, and they are great typewriters in some ways. I gave my latest to WordPlay and it soon became the favorite of the director's son; he's using it type up schoolwork.
Oooh maybe I should do NaNoWriMo this year in lieu of blogging! I have been missing it. I'm excited to see what treasure is in that case? Your next post, perhaps?
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